Etymology

millman

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Today it means: A male worker in a mill. Full definition →

Middle English mele
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millman · noun1

From mill + -man.

Millman · proper noun2

  1. Middle English · derived frommele“meal, flour”
  2. English todayMillman

English occupational surname, from millman. Older senses (presumably for a grinder or vendor of meal) derive from Middle English mele (“meal, flour”) + manne. There is a Jewish variant Milman.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishmele all →

malemeal-meal

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